New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-13

Every person there knew that il WAS Colonel
Iumby's bungalow that was burning-that in
fifteen minutes the fire would have eaten it TO
the ground
WHO DID IT!
When the first sensation Of horror produced by
the burning Of Colonel liumbNs bungalow-a SEN
sation il must bc noted. duc not 80 much 10 the
conHagation Itself as 10 tie tragic possibilities
which MIGHT lc involved in IT, gave way 10 the
natural excitement incident 10 such an occurrence.
n rush took paO from the Assembly Rooms in
the direction Of the fire. In few minutes every
man in the station WAS on the :. OF The spectacle
which met orr eyes rs the first 81 Ms arrived was
an awful one The natives stood together in
groups at a distance. dumb and siivcrine with
terror. The bungalow was an Old orc. heavily
matched. and ~ dry rs finder All tie water
e the Indus could not have saved II. The fire
dcyourcd ii in one mon>trous mouthful. aud was
licking the bare and blackcncd walls when we
reached the pace. The personal interest of tie
writer of this narrative in that scene dc"' or
than that 4 any other man in Jull.h'd. ! was
the Lieutenant Charles Everest more than once
mentioned. ! had seen Mr.. Ilumhy in the radianoo
Of her beautiful and hap.y maidcuhoo1. AMI
realized more than any one else her strange AVID
mhapp, fate in falling into the hands of this man
had bad her i'm ms arms. unconscious indeed.
and a. them believed dNi inc. and the thrill 81 the
contact W., u n uron mo I'm my heart of hearts
believed that her husband. for some reason
known ONLY t. lim>cif-aul perhaps f. hcr-wnS
com a~~iu@ her dfafh-tiriNiug her I" IL i'm such
manner ~ 10 insure hi, own safety from the law
Murders of That cla,, ap every year committed
with iWpuu.tV where women are wax and mon
are brutal Ali ul" horror 81 horrors which
m"HrhI"rN l"r'lNN' m'. tH/in@ "n ~" "uii"l
ana smoking bungalow, was the dread convict. on
that IIumhy had himself set fire 10 thc house. in
order IffTu lis sci. lslflIe I.r i.
! recognized among the natives khdmat-ar
belonging 10 Colonel llumN' household, ana
icclond the man e. me. Who were in the
bungalow when the fire broke ont" J asked.
Sahh ana Mem SAM, was Inc answer
"h'i' are ''.N no"
me HlI" N"''N ''' n''. '''' ""''''''' '''"
bIih-. go" KNOW NIi'
\ quick inquiry among the oih"r- elected ti'
horrfNiug fact that neither 'o'"nri llutht nor
his wife had been soon by any IL them. All this
had not occupied >lNty seconds from The moment
OF our reaching ilc spot staggered tdil"r than
walked back ~ the others. ! b'IcN" ttcV have
both been burned to DEATH | sad. let Us
search the ruin
81 feared ~ much AT least IN tlc case Il Colonel
IIumI,v.~ rcpii.d one Of the men it, wc moved
toward the BUNGALOW II saw him driven home
hi, evening so intoxicated that. if he tool, any
more Lc must have fallen i'm a 4fllor What
an a,yf,I d.,tf,r
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fallen p,,snnrv IA tbc Mace II was sickoniuo
| vii make no attcmpt 10 describe it, Colonel
IIumbv had L.cn roasted to a cindcr an his bed
The attitude in which tie body wa, discovered
suggested that the stupor Of intoNic.tion had
,oss.d into that of osnl,xia and that bc had
r,t moved - Ii,nI +, tho furnace If dc,tb TLc
iran I,,I.tc,d v,,s ,bn onIv th;no uuhuru,I in
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further .cnrcb must me made If viii Inc o,yfI
If sbc has Lccu burned ia death too,r
"No occosiou IN lac ,n<;ous Mr. Evorcst - ,aid
dry Scottish Voice lehind me; "shc is quite
safe, / assure Nou!"
I ,urrcd opi,l,I, With , start Tbo .,o.Lor
was Co,onrI Iocl, our environment ,nocistr,t.
rs Unconditional and honest Scotsman rs ever
came from north Of Tweed. Ills assurance, as
may De readily imagined. was n welcome ono
could have thrown myself womanlikc, on
the Old fellows neck for his worls-but some
thing in the very dryncss of his voice Was un-
comfortable TO NV feelings of relief and graft
tudc However. il was no time for analyzinc